External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142217	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97411	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98994	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91418
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94322	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88391	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99279
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98331	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99629	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99588	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99189
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99699	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99525	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100032	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97940
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107959	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108134	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107708	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116406
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106592	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104082	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102355	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100231
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97734	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122371

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease